التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* enPR: līk, IPA(key): /laɪk/
* Rhymes: -aɪk
- enPR: līk, IPA(key): /laɪk/
- Rhymes: -aɪk
التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 1
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English - Etymology 1
From Middle English _liken_, from Old English _līcian_ (“to please, be sufficient”), from Proto-Germanic _*līkijaną_, _*līkāną_ (“to please”), from Proto-Indo-European _*līg-_ (“image, likeness, similarity”). Cognate with Dutch _lijken_ (“to seem”), German _gleichen_ (“to resemble”), Icelandic _líka_ (“to like”), Norwegian _like_ (“to like”).
VERB
LIKE (_third-person singular simple present_ LIKES, _present participle_ LIKING, _simple past and past participle_ LIKED)
* (transitive, archaic) To please.
* 1903, A. W. Pollard (ed.), _Le Morte d'Arthur_ by Sir Thomas Malory (1485) , volume I, Bk.
From Middle English liken, from Old English līcian
(“to please, be sufficient”), from Proto-Germanic *līkijaną, *līkāną (“to please”), from Proto-Indo-European *līg- (“image, likeness, similarity”). Cognate with Dutch lijken (“to seem”),
German gleichen (“to resemble”),
Icelandic líka
(“to like”), Norwegian like
(“to like”).
like (third-person singular simple present likes, present participle
liking, simple past and past participle liked)
-
(transitive, archaic) To please.
التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 2
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English - Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old English _ġelīċ_ by shortening, influenced by Old Norse _líkr_. Cognate with _alike_; more distantly, with _lich_ and _-ly_.
ADJECTIVE
LIKE (_comparative_ MORE LIKE _or_ LIKER, _superlative_ MOST LIKE _or_ LIKEST)
* Similar.
_My partner and I have LIKE minds._
* 1843, Thomas Carlyle, _Past and Present_, book 2, ch. 3, Landlord Edmund
[…] and this is not a sky, it is a Soul and living Face! Nothing LIKER the Temple of the Highest, bright with some real effulgence of the Highest, is seen in this world.
* (obsolete) likely; probable
* South
But it is LIKE the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.
* Clarendon
Many were not easy to be governed, nor LIKE to conform themselves to strict rules.
RELATED TERMS
* alike
DERIVED TERMS
* as like as not
* -like
TRANSLATIONS
ADVERB
LIKE (_comparative_ MORE LIKE, _superlative_ MOST LIKE)
* (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples.
_There are lots of birds, LIKE ducks and gulls, in this park._
* (archaic, colloquial) Likely.
* 1599, William Shakespeare, _Much Ado About Nothing_, Act 2 Scene 3
DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit.
CLAUDIO. Faith, LIKE enough. [= Indeed, quite likely.]
* (obsolete) In a like or similar manner.
* Bible, Psalms ciii. 13
LIKE as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
USAGE NOTES
In formal writing, such as is preferred over _like._
SYNONYMS
* for example
* (formal) such as
TRANSLATIONS
NOUN
LIKE (_plural_ LIKES)
* _(sometimes as THE LIKES OF)_ Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
* (Can we date this quote?), Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence
We shall never see his LIKE again.
_There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the LIKE._
_It was something the LIKES of which I had never seen before._
SYNONYMS
* ilk
ANTONYMS
* antithesis, opposite
TRANSLATIONS
CONJUNCTION
LIKE
* as if; as though
_It looks LIKE you've finished the project._
_It seemed LIKE you didn't care._
DERIVED TERMS
* feel like, look like, seem like, sound like
PREPOSITION
LIKE
* Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.
_These hamburgers taste LIKE leather._
ANTONYMS
* unlike
TRANSLATIONS
PARTICLE
LIKE
Wikipedia
* (colloquial, obsolete, current in Scots) A delayed filler.
_He was so angry, like._
* (colloquial) A mild intensifier.
_She was, LIKE, sooooo happy._
* (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty
_There were, LIKE, twenty of them._
_And then he, LIKE, got all angry and left the room._
* (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb TO BE, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
_I was LIKE, “Why did you do that?” and he's LIKE, “I don't know.”_
* 2006, Lily Allen, _Knock 'Em Out_
You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
They're LIKE, "Alright"
What ya saying, "Yeah can I take your digits?"
And you're LIKE, "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone."
SYNONYMS
* (colloquial: used to precede paraphrased quotations): be all, go
USAGE NOTES
The use as a quotative is deliberately informal and commonly used by young people, and often combined with the use of the present tense as a narrative. Similar terms are _to go_ and _all_, as in _I go, “Why did you do that?” and he goes, “I don't know”_ and _I was all, “Why did you do that?” and he was all, “I don't know.”_
From Middle English, from Old English ġelīċ by shortening, influenced by Old Norse líkr.
Cognate with alike;
more distantly, with lich and -ly.
like (comparative more like or liker, superlative most like or likest)
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Similar.
-
My partner and I have like minds.
-
(obsolete) likely; probable
like (comparative more like, superlative most like)
-
(informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples.
-
There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park.
-
(archaic, colloquial) Likely.
-
(obsolete) In a
like or similar manner.
In formal writing, such as is preferred over like.
like (plural likes)
-
(sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
-
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
-
It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.
like
-
as if; as though
-
It looks like you've finished the project.
-
It seemed like you didn't care.
like
-
Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.
-
These hamburgers taste like leather.
like
Wikipedia
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(colloquial, obsolete, current in Scots) A delayed filler.
-
He was so angry, like.
-
(colloquial) A mild intensifier.
-
She was, like, sooooo happy.
-
(colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty
-
There were, like, twenty of them.
-
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
-
(colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
-
I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
The use as a quotative is deliberately informal and commonly used by young people, and often combined with the use of the present tense as a narrative. Similar terms are to go and all, as in I
go, “Why did you do that?” and he goes, “I don't know” and I was
all, “Why did you do that?” and he was all, “I don't know.”
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